New to 365 days is this species from Mexico and Central America found between 1500 and 2000m altitude in humid evergreen forest and we find that it grows well both cool in Cool Americas (min 12C) and warm in Warm Americas (min 15C) as long as it is kept well watered throughout the year. Single […]

This is one of our most floriferous species producing masses of pinky brown flowers in the early summer. Stelis thermophila is native to Brazil where it grows at lower altitudes than some of our cloud forest Stelis species (hence the name meaning warm growing). Despite this we find the species is very happy in our […]

Another species that is enjoying our hot spell is Brassavola cuculata. This terete leaved species is found through Central America and northern South America. We have seen it growing and flowering in Guatemala where it was growing in dryish lowland forest near the ancient Mayan city of Yaxha. The plant below was flowering on the edge […]

   We have now had several weeks of very hot weather and this is not enjoyed by some of our cool mountain orchids. Renathera imshcootiana on the other hand is loving the sun and the warmth. This amazing red relative of Vanda is unfortunately one of the orchid species threatened by the trade in unsustainable […]

Most of our cymbidium species flower in the autumn and spring but this species is an exception flowering from July until September. This small growing cymbidium is native to Vietnam where it grows in cool forests at around 1500m. We find this species very straight forward and reliable with the advantage of flowering relatively quickly […]